Phronia
Phronia is a genus of flies. It belongs to the family Mycetophilidae.
Meaning & Origin of Phronia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Phronia is a genus of flies. It belongs to the family Mycetophilidae.
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The Story of Phronia
American parents first put Phronia on the record books as a baby girl name in 1917, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1923, when 6 Phronias were born — ranking #4,376 that year. About 53% of every Phronia on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Phronia last appeared in the published SSA data in 1938, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 32 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Phronia
Phronia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 32 births in the dataset. Phronia's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #4,376. Use the chart and map above to compare Phronia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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